Materials Supervisor

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• Lead, develop, and empower team members.
• Support Manager to achieve divisional budget targets to maximize profitability and manage program spending.
• Achieve technical confidence to challenge current standards and progress division to the next level.
• Must support quality, safety, environmental and sustainability objectives.
• Take every precaution reasonable to protect the health and safety of the workforce.
  • Ensure the workplace is safe and assign safe work.
  • Ensure unsafe actions or unsafe conditions have been identified, corrected and / or eliminated.
  • Advise workforce of any health & safety concerns that they are aware of.
  • Assist in the training of workers to ensure the work is done safely
  • Ensure the safe use of equipment and the proper use of protective devices and PPE where required.
• Cultivate a work culture that focuses on continually improving upon all elements the Employee Opinion Survey
• Understanding & adherence to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the intention of grievance avoidance
• Supports staffing, facility and equipment requirements related to department.
• Supports with the identification and implementation of corrective & preventive action for any non-conformance within their jurisdiction or for any non-compliance identified during customer / internal and / or external audit
• Provide formal and informal feedback to team members.
• Lead and participate in the continuous improvement, cost reduction and sustainability programs.
• Complies and upholds the expectations of internal standards, processes, and legislative requirements.
• Conduct in accordance with the Magna Charter, Magna Operating Principles and Corporate Ethics guidelines.
• Implements Magna Standards such as MMSA, MAFACT and GQS compliant systems where needed.
• Quality (IATF), Environmental (ISO 14001) and Information Security (TISAX) awareness and adherence
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to daily 5S activities and cleaning schedule.
• Work with other departments towards overall plant goals.
• Any other requests deemed reasonable by management.

• Oversee the daily operations of the material handling and ASRS personnel & support all other departments.
• Assist with the management of the operations activities to meet customer requirements.
• Assist with shift and production run changes to ensure on-time delivery of quality products.
• Participates in manpower requirements planning and overtime scheduling.
• Responsible for improvement initiatives related to Key Operating Indicators assigned by Manager.
• Assist in defining the standardized work & ensure team members are suitably trained & re-trained as required
• Assist with the implementation & maintenance of MMSA & MMOG compliant systems where needed
• Responsible for 5 Alarm Inventory monitoring and proactive reporting.
• Responsible for ensuring FIFO, Stack Height, Stock location and Racking Labeling adherence is followed
• Responsible for corrective action for Forklift issues, damaged stock, Phyto sanitation violations etc.
• Ensures proper training of personnel for safe working conditions, PPE, Stack Height, Material Handling practices, Lockout, TDG, Dock Inspections, ASRS Safety, Racking Inspections, & ergonomic practices.
• Assist Manager with Customer interface for materials & delivery related issues

• Education: Minimum Grade 12 Education
• Experience: 3 years Materials experience in high-volume JIT environment required.
• Characteristics: Able to communicate effectively with coworkers; Effective trouble shooting; Possess leadership skills; Promotes teamwork; Instills empowerment; Ability to uphold confidentiality & integrity.

• Technical: Experience in materials warehousing management; Valid Lift Truck License; ERP System Experience and Automotive related knowledge an asset.

Confidentiality

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